The United Methodist Church vs. Asbury Theological Seminary
The collapse of Mainline Protestantism was further evinced two weeks ago when the United Methodist Church derecognized evangelical Asbury Theological Seminary. Effectively, Asbury Seminary is no longer recognized to educate […]
Is it Morally Right to Deport Millions of People?
President-elect Donald Trump promised during his campaign to deport millions of illegal immigrants, of whom there are an estimated 11 million in the United States. First, we do not yet […]
Christian Conservatism and Christian Realism vs. Christian Nationalism
Most of what is written about Christian nationalism is silly. Critics and analysts sweepingly deride conventional Christian conservatives as Christian nationalists. By some counts, there are, by this definition, tens […]
Reviving Germany’s Dark Spirits?
A far-right party’s victory in a German state is reviving memories of the country’s dark past. In the eastern state of Thuringia, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party received one-third of the […]
The Methodist Sexual Revolution
United Methodism’s governing General Conference, meeting currently in Charlotte, N.C., is enacting a sexual revolution within what used to be, until very recently, America’s third-largest religious group. So far, in […]